#B5AC79#B5AC79

#B5AC79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.069 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B5AC79
RGB	rgb(181, 172, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 29%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 33%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5%, 33.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, -4.63, 27.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 27.84, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.95% -0.0113 0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(73.95% 0.069 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.2602, 40.7102, 23.9805)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B5AC79 #7982B5

analogous

#B58E79 #B5AC79 #A0B579

triadic

#B5AC79 #79B5AC #AC79B5

tetradic

#B5AC79 #79B58E #7982B5 #B579A0

square

#B5AC79 #79B58E #7982B5 #B579A0

split-complementary

#B5AC79 #79A0B5 #8E79B5

monochromatic

#746C40 #9B9156 #B5AC79 #CBC4A0 #E1DDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#B5AC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#B5AC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B5AC79

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B5AC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B5AC79	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A975

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AD7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEA59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b5ac79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(181, 172, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.069 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ccc4a0',
    500: '#b5ac79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b5ac79;
$custom-light: #ccc4a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b5ac79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 181,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 28.846,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73953,
    "c": 0.06929,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B5AC79

secondary

#B9BDD1

accent

#71C563

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F9F8F2

border

#D2D1CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #B5AC79

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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